Chapter 91, 15 verses
By the sun and its brightness
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the sun and his brightness,
And [by] the moon when it follows it
By the Moon as she follows him;
And the moon when she followeth him,
And [by] the day when it displays it
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
And the day when it revealeth him,
And [by] the night when it covers it
By the Night as it conceals it;
And the night when it enshroudeth him,
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
And the heaven and Him Who built it,
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
And the earth and Him Who spread it,
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
And a soul and Him Who perfected it
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -
And inspired it (with conscience of) what is wrong for it and (what is) right for it.
He has succeeded who purifies it,
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
He is indeed who causeth it to grow,
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
And he fails that corrupts it!
And he is indeed a failure who stunteth it.
Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,
(The tribe of) Thamud denied (the truth) in their rebellious pride,
When the most wretched of them was sent forth.
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
When the basest of them broke forth
And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she - camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink."
But the Messenger of Allah said to them: "It is a She - camel of Allah! And (bar her not from) having her drink!"
And the messenger of Allah said: It is the she - camel of Allah, so let her drink!
But they denied him and hamstrung her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them].
Then they rejected him (as a false prophet), and they hamstrung her. So their Lord, on account of their crime, obliterated their traces and made them equal (in destruction, high and low)!
But they denied him, and they hamstrung her, so Allah doomed them for their sin and rased (their dwellings).
And He does not fear the consequence thereof.
And for Him is no fear of its consequences.
He dreadeth not the sequel (of events).